³⁹ And all these, ^(A)having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

The Heavenly Hope

¹³ These all died in faith, ^(A)not having received the ^(B)promises, but ^(C)having seen them afar off ^[a]were assured of them, embraced them and ^(D)confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

² For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

²³ Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, ^(A)“Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; ²⁴ for I tell you ^(B)that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”

¹² To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to ^[a]us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—things which ^(A)angels desire to look into.